Download Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus,1758)

Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus,1758)
STATUS / SCORE:
OCCURRENCE:
HABITAT:
BIOLOGY:
BEHAVIOUR:
Scottish: common / 2
British: local / 2
Tot.10K: 102 Tot.5K: 117 Recent 10K: 80 Tot.Recs.: 22 0
Most deciduous & coniferous forests with mature trees and along riversides in broad-leaved evergreen Oak forests.
Larvae found in damp, fungus-ridden decaying wood of Abies, Fagus & Quercus trunks and stumps, usually beneath the bark,
and especially in decaying tree roots.
Usually seen running around on leaves and foliage of bushes and trees, gleaning the leaves of pollen and possibly honey due.
FLOWERS VISITED: Bramble, Butterburr, Compositae, Hawthorn, Raspberry, Sycamore, Umbels.
FLIGHT PERIOD:
(Scot.) 5th June < e. - m.July > 19th Sept.
(Eng.) May < July > Sept.
ALT. RANGE:
0m. < 0m. – 150m. > 350m. (Scot.)
DISTRIBUTION:
(E,I,S,W) - Widespread from the Borders & Galloway right through to the Inverness area,
EUROPE:
but very few records from north of the Great Glen and none from the Western Isles, orkney or Shetland.
Au. Be. Bo. Cr. Cz. De. Es. Fi. Fr. Ge. Gr. It. La. Li. Ma. Ne. No. Pl. Ro. Se. Sl. Sd. Sz. Tu.
FREQ. CHANGE:
10KSq.
COMMENTS:
This widespread but localised species does not appear to be declining or increasing whereever there is suitable mature woodland habitat.
EARIEST RECORD:
1840 Edinburgh NT27 coll: J. Wilson cited in Scottish Naturalist 1903 P.H.Grimshaw
Brit.
Scot.
A = 8 (0.86%)
Records Scot.
A = 13 (0.93%)
<1980 = 192 (0.812%)
1980> = 452 (0.786%)
<1980 = 30 (0.53%)
1980> = 80 (0.52%)
B = 16 (0.66%) C = 8 (0.27%) D = 68 (0.50%) E = 15 (0.47%)
<1980 = 51 (0.51%)
1980> = 175 (0.54%)
B = 28 (0.63%) C = 8 (0.19%) D = 150 (0.53%) D = 20 (0.44%)
E = 20 (0.51%)